Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-09-24
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

Boston, was found drifting helplesSly about
at the mercy of the elements, and the
The bodies were in a decomposed state. The
remainder of the crew had evidently
abandoned the craft some time before, or
else had been lost. The flesh on the head
of one of the drowned men had been eaten
nearly all away and all the bodies present
ed a horrible sight.
Philadelphia has been rechristened the
Centennial City in the three days observ-
ance Of the one hnndredth anniversary of the
Constitution 17S7. The great feature of the
second day of the celebration was the re-
view of 10000 uniformed soldiers by Presi-
dent Cleveland and high officers of this and
other governments. The troops were led by
the dashing Gen. Phil. Sheridan. As near
as could be judged from the stand, the fol
lowing is about the number Of men partici-
pating in the paradei United States troops,
300; Delaware. one full regiment; Pennsyl-
vania, 5000; New Jersey, 800; Genrgia,b0
Connecticut, 100; Massachusetts, 1900;
Maryland, LOCO; South Carolina, 1850: New
5000; North Carolina, 80: Rhode Island, 200;
Ohio, one full regiment; Maine, 400; West
Virginia, 200; Iowa, so district of Columbia,
800; Grand Army, 1000; making with their
bands and others, nearly $4,000. Gov. LARA
bee and his staff, at the head of the Cover
kudIuS3 VI IOWA, DOWou W GuS
President and also to Mrs. Cleveland as be-
rode by.
A CHASTITY tragedy was enacted in
Calvert county, Md, by d. B. Coolige, a
farmer, who walked into his wife's bed
room where his wife and her sister were
reading. He hada gun in his hand and
told his wife he was going to shoot her.
She sprang to her feet and took the gun
i'm, md hn,, icta Ms,c, p,oe,
out of the room for help. Before she had
got to the front door Coolidge had drawn
his revolver and shot his wife through the
breast. Mrs. Coolidge died instantly. To
make sure OF bis work, Coolidge opened a
razor and cut her throat. He then started
down stairs to find Miss Turner. Not find
ing her, he went to his children.s room and
asked them to come to their mothers room
to see him die. The children were afraid
to go and Coolidge returned alone to his
dead wife and cut his throat from ear to
ear, falling dead by her side.
Billy Mclean, pugilist and des-
perate character, broke jail at st. Ignace,
Mich, on the End inst, when a reward OF
Cooks Mill, near Two-Hearted river, and
from there escaped to Canada at Sault Ste.
Marie by row boat. Saturday night he
visited a saloon at the American Sault and
was met by Sheriff Mckenzie, who attempt
ed to arrest him. The sheriff was badly
cut and kicked. Officers Freeks and Ellis
went to the sheriffs assistance and, after a
desperate struggle, Mclean was placed in
Jail. Before morning Mclean broke his
handouts and the iron ventilator pipe in
his cell and dug out of Jail. He was cap
tured again by party and was heavily
roned.
At Toledo, O the residence of James
B. Dougherty, was damaged to the extent
of 81 900 by natural gas explosion. The
gas had just been introduced into the house,
and, through care,essness of the plumber,
had escaped beneath the floor of the front
drawing room. Upon igniting the fire in
the CRATE an explosion ensued, tearing up
the floor, shattering every window in the
ing the foundation from beneath the veran-
da which surrounds the house, and setting
fire to the portieres The filter who lighted
the fire was blown to the ceiling and suffer
ed scalp wound. A chemical engine ex-
tinguished the flames.
At Rock Hill, S. c., the Rev. E. G..
Price, a methodist minister, was publicly
cowhided by j. B. johnson, for circulating
Friends Of both sides have taken up the
quarrel and more serious trouble is ex-
pected. Price left for North Carolina to
get married. johnson followed on the
same train and it is believed will force him
to fight. Price is pastor of a country
johnson is a member of one of the most
respected families of the town.
At LAGRANGE, Texas, Hon, Rudolph
Hildebrand, ex-senator from that district
nearly 80 years old, was thrown from his
carriage and instantly killed. He fell on
his head, resulting in conclusion of the
brain. He was prominent revolutionist
in the German uprising Of 164S, and was
compelled to leave Germany. Coming to
Texas in 1850 he at once assumed leading
position in his section, which he main
tanned to the last. He leaves a large for
tune.
A fatal accident occurred on the
Indianapolis & St. Louis R. lR., the engine
leaving the track Carrying the baggage car
down an embankment. Both the engineer
and fireman, father and son, were killed,
Gaping steam tore all the skin from their
faces. The hand of the engineer still
grasped the throttle of his engine when
found. None of the passengers were in
jured.
The condemned anarchists at Chi
cago, held a consultation as to whether they
would do any thing to help themselves
Every man voted against a petition for ex-
ecutive clemency, and three against an ap-
peal to the supreme court. No matter
what they decide to do themselves, their
friends will try to secure reversal of judg-
ment. That failing, they will circulate a
petition asking for communication of
sentence.
Congressman Morrow of California
has forwarded to Secretary Bayard a
statement of the murder of Leon Baldwin,
Durango. He asserts that Baldwin was
killed by Mexicans wantonly, merely be-
cause he was an American. Outrages upon
American citizens are, he saws, increasing.
He recommends some protective action by
the government.
An accident occurred at the Bellaire
bridge four miles below Wheeling, W. Va,
on the Baltimore & Ohio Road. While Fore
man Ed. Duffy and his gang of workmen
were repairing the bridge a yard engine,
crossing from Benwood to Bellaire, came
swiftly upon them and knocked Duffy and
two of his men into the river bed below
AL three were Instantly killed
At St. Louis, Mo-, the September
term of the United States court commenced
with Judges Brewer and Thayer on the
bench. The judges handed down an opin-
ion, fixing the compensation of the Wabash
receivers, Scion Humphreys and Thomas
r. Tutt, at $4,000 each. The master, Ed
mund T. Allan, some months ago recon-
mended s112, 800 each.
By an explosion Of sixty large rock
cts on the British warship Bellerophon, at
Quebec, 40 men were seriously injured. An
entertainment in honor Of Lord Lansdowne
had been given on the ship, and the explos-
ion occurred just after the visitors had gone